Our final stop on our ski tour was in Nelson BC (pop. 10 230) at an elevation of 535m and located in the Selkirk Mountains on the edge of Kootenay Lake. This town was incorporated in 1897 and has extensive and scandaleous history surrounding mining.
We came here in search of the famous "cold smoke" (light, dry snow. Also known as "champagne powder" or just plain "pow") and we found it...only there was about 10cm on top of a hard icy layer; known as "dust on crust". It was definitely tough travelling.
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| Too icy = boot packing |
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| Too icy = ski crampons! |
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| Too much alder |
It was still fun skiing and, as ex-Ontario skiers, we could handle that hard crust :)
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| Tom |
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